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Inducing Student Collaboration to Find Best Algal Strains for Making Biohydrogen

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant has been offered to Arizona State University and Kevin Redding, professor in the School of Molecular Sciences and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis (CB&P), for a study on altering the generation and consumption of energy in a nation.

10 Nov 2017

UD Researchers Develop New Processes to Ramp Up Bio-Based Aviation Fuel

Airplanes zoom overhead with wispy-white contrails that stream behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controlled 43,684 flights, on average, daily in 2016, and U.S. commercial and military flights together used more than 20 billion gallons of jet fuel.

31 Oct 2017

Amazon Filters Provides Effective Offshore Diesel Filtration System

Amazon Filters reports on supply to a major offshore oil and gas operator of a bespoke system to ensure effective diesel filtration to protect critical turbines used for on-board power generation.

26 Oct 2017

WELTEC BIOPOWER Extends AD Plant in France Breton Biogas Plant to Be Stepped up to 500 kW

Together with its French partner WELTEC Agripower, German biogas plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER is currently working on an extension AD project in Iffendic, Brittany.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 16 Oct 2017

Research in Chemically Transforming Lignin into Biofuels

In all plants, ranging from trees to crops, there is a substance that makes up its stems or wood or, cell walls, and fiber. This substance is referred to as a complex natural polymer known as lignin, and it is considered to be the second largest renewable carbon source on the planet following cellulose.

4 Oct 2017

UPM Biofuels Named One of Six Finalists in 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards

UPM Biofuels is one of six finalists for the Industry Leadership category in Bioenergy at the 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards - often described as the Oscars of the energy industry. UPM Biofuels is nominated for its wood-based low emission advanced UPM BioVerno biofuels, and its one-of-a-kind commercial scale biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.

28 Sep 2017

WELTEC BIOPOWER to Present Its Biogas Technologies at the Energy Now Expo Ireland

In the course of 2017, Ireland intends to initiate the energy reform with a new feed-in tariff for renewable energies.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 27 Sep 2017

Combining Microbial and Electrochemical Biomass Conversion to Yield Valuable Products

Scientists from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Tübingen, Cornell University, and Deutsche Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) have now demonstrated that valuable products can be obtained by integrating electrochemical and microbial biomass conversion processes.

19 Sep 2017

Cellulosic Ethanol Commercially Synthesized from Mixed Municipal Solid Waste

Enerkem Inc., one of the leading companies producing renewable chemicals and biofuels, world leading producer, declared on 15 September 2017 that it has begun the commercial manufacture of cellulosic ethanol.

18 Sep 2017

Primary Conversion of Biomass into Intermediate Liquid Products

The goal of COMSYN, an EU-funded project, is to create a production concept for generating competitive bio-based fuels through a compact gasification and production method. The target decrease in the production cost of the biofuel is nearly 35% as against substitutive methods, culminating in a production cost of nearly less than 0.80 Euros per liter of diesel.

From INERATEC GmbH 13 Sep 2017